At a rally in South Florida on Friday, President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. warships returning from the Iran war could stop off Cuba, reviving an interventionist idea he had not raised in recent months. He made the remark just days before midterm elections, in which voters have voiced concern about the impact of the Iran war on prices. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted that “now is the time” for action on Cuba and urged those seeking change to pursue it through a “discrete partnership with the CIA,” while saying the U.S. doubts a diplomatic deal with the current Cuban government. The U.S. has come away unimpressed from talks with Cuban officials, which led to more sanctions. Cuba has faced an economic and energy crisis since 2020, with its GDP shrinking, blackouts, food shortages and inflation, and hundreds of thousands of Cubans have emigrated.
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